PT-2010-3728 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2010-06-01 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2010-2118

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6.0.2900.2180 through 8.0.7600.16385

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to resource consumption. This is achieved through JavaScript code that contains an infinite loop, which creates IFRAME elements for invalid news:// URIs.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6.0.2900.2180 through 8.0.7600.16385, consider disabling JavaScript execution until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to news:// URIs in the browser to minimize the risk of resource consumption.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2118

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 3

• 🔥 http://websecurity.com.ua/4238 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2118 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded · Note